AU2004203591A1 - Method and apparatus for controlling a railway consist - Google Patents

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AU2004203591A1
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Class Int. Class Application Number: Lodged: Complete Specification Lodged: Accepted: Published: Priority Related Art: Name of Applicant: General Electric Company Actual Inventor(s): Paul Kenneth Houpt, Harry Kirk Mathews Jr, Sunil Shirish Shah Address for Service and Correspondence: PHILLIPS ORMONDE FITZPATRICK Patent and Trade Mark Attorneys 367 Collins Street Melbourne 3000 AUSTRALIA Invention Title: METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING A RAILWAY CONSIST Our Ref: 724767 POF Code: 88428/141848 The following statement is a full description of this invention, including the best method of performing it known to applicant(s): -1- 8ooe 130504 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING A RAILWAY CONSIST
BACKGROUND
The present invention relates generally to the field of controlling a railway consist and more specifically to the field of generating and tracking optimal consist driving profiles.
In freight train and other railway consist operations, fuel consumption constitutes a major operating cost to railroads and i s also t he u ltimate source o f any potentially harmful emissions. Reducing fuel consumption, therefore, directly increases railroad profit and directly reduces emissions. While modest fuel savings are possible by improving efficiencies of engines and other components in the locomotive propulsion chain, larger savings are generally expected to be achieved by improving strategies for how the train is driven. A train driving strategy specifying throttle or brake settings or desired consist speed as a function of distance along a route or as a function of time is referred to as a "driving plan." Train schedules are determined by a central dispatcher and are frequently changed, to account for variability from numerous sources, often as a train is en route to a next decision point. At heavy traffic times, the schedule may have no schedule slack time and can only be met by continuous operation at prevailing railroad speed limits.
Frequently, however, the schedule does have at least some schedule slack time, allowing the engineer to drive at average speeds well below the speed limits and still arrive at subsequent decision points on time. Under such circumstances, it is possible to calculate an optimal driving plan that exploits the schedule slack time and minimizes fuel consumption, or an alternative objective function, subject to constraints of meeting the schedule and obeying the speed limits.
-lA- 130504 Opportunities exist, therefore, to provide train drivers with tools for generating driving plans and controlling railway consists to exploit schedule slack time and improve railway consist efficiency and performance.
SUMMARY
The opportunities described above are addressed, in one embodiment of the present invention, by an apparatus for controlling a railway consist, the apparatus comprising: a consist model adapted for computing an objective function from a set of candidate driving plans and a set of model parameters; a parameter identifier adapted for calculating the model parameters from a set of consist measurements; and a trajectory optimizer adapted for generating the candidate driving plans and for selecting an optimal driving plan to optimize the objective function subject to a set of terminal constraints and operating constraints.
The present invention is also embodied as a method for controlling a railway consist, the method comprising: computing an objective function from a set of candidate driving plans and a set of model parameters; calculating the model parameters from a set of consist measurements; and generating the candidate driving plans and selecting an optimal driving plan to optimize the objective function subject to a set of terminal constraints and operating constraints.
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These and other features, aspects, and advantages of the present invention will become better understood when the following detailed description is read with reference to the accompanying drawings in which like characters represent like parts throughout the drawings, wherein: Figure 1 illustrates a block diagram in accordance with one embodiment of the present invention.
130504 Figure 2 illustrates a block diagram in accordance with another embodiment of the present invention.
Figure 3 illustrates a block diagram in accordance with a more specific embodiment of the embodiment of Figure 1.
Figure 4 illustrates a block diagram in accordance with another more specific embodiment of the embodiment of Figure 1.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION In accordance with one embodiment of the present invention, Figure 1 illustrates a block diagram of an apparatus 100 for controlling a railway consist 105. Apparatus 100 comprises a consist model 110, a parameter identifier 150, and a trajectory optimizer 170. In operation, consist model 110 computes an objective function 120 from a set of candidate driving plans 130 and from a set of model parameters 140.
Parameter identifier 150 calculates model parameters 140 from a set of consist measurements 160. Trajectory optimizer 170 then generates candidate driving plans 130 and selects.an optimal driving plan 180 to optimize objective function 120 subject to any terminal constraints and operating constraints.
As used herein, "optimize" refers to minimizing or maximizing, as appropriate.
Examples of objective function 120 include, without limitation, fuel consumption, travel time, integral squared input rate, summed squared input difference, and combinations thereof. "Fuel consumption" and "travel time" refer respectively to the amount of fuel consumed and to the amount of time spent over an entire route or over any prescribed portion or portions of a route. In a continuous time implementation of consist model 110, "integral squared input rate" refers to an integral with respect to time of a squared time derivative of a driving plan throttle setting. In a discrete time implementation of consist model 110, "summed squared input difference" refers to a summation of a squared backward difference of driving plan throttle settings.
130504 Minimizing penalizing) these functions of the input produces a smoother driving plan thereby improving train handling with respect to coupling slack management.
Examples of model parameters 140 include, without limitation, consist mass and consist drag force parameters including, without limitation, coefficients in polynomial approximations to consist drag force as a function of consist speed. Examples of consist measurements 160 include, without limitation, a consist position measurement, a consist speed measurement, a tractive effort signal, and a track slope (grade) signal. Examples of terminal constraints include, without limitation, time constraints for reaching prescribed places along the track train schedules).
Examples of operating constraints include, without limitation, maximum or minimum speed limits and maximum or minimum acceleration limits.
In a more specific embodiment in accordance with the embodiment of Figure 1, objective function 120 is a quantity or linear combination of quantities selected from the group consisting of fuel consumption, travel time, integral squared input rate, and summed squared input difference.
In another more specific embodiment in accordance with the embodiment of Figure 1, apparatus 100 further comprises a pacing control system 190 for generating throttle commands 200 from optimal driving plan 180 and consist measurements 160. In this embodiment, optimal driving plan 180 provides a speed set point and consist measurements 160 provide a speed feedback for a feedback control algorithm implemented in pacing control system 190.
In accordance with another embodiment of the present invention, Figure 2 illustrates a block diagram wherein apparatus 100 further comprises a display module 210. In operation, display module 210 displays a formatted driving plan 220 derived from optimal driving plan 180 and consist measurements 160. The train driver uses formatted driving plan 220 to decide which throttle or brake settings to apply.
130504 In accordance with a more specific embodiment of the embodiment of Figure 1, Figure 3 illustrates a block diagram wherein parameter identifier 150 comprises an extended Kalman filter 240: As used herein, "extended Kalman filter" refers to any apparatus for dynamic state estimation using a n on-linear process model including, without limitation, extended observers.
In a more detailed embodiment in accordance with the embodiment of Figure 3: extended Kalman filter 240 has an extended filter state vector comprising a consist position estimate, a consist speed estimate, and model parameters 140; and consist measurements 160 comprise a consist position measurement and a consist speed measurement.
In accordance with another more specific embodiment of the embodiment of Figure 1, Figure 4 illustrates a block diagram wherein parameter identifier 150 comprises a Kalman filter 250 and a least squares estimator 270. In operation, Kalman filter 250 generates filter outputs 260 from consist measurements 160. Least squares estimator 270 estimates model parameters 140 from filter outputs 260 and consist measurements 160.
In a more detailed embodiment in accordance with the embodiment of Figure 4: Kalman filter 250 has a filter state vector comprising a consist position estimate, a consist speed estimate, and a consist acceleration estimate; filter outputs 260 comprise the consist speed estimate and the consist acceleration estimate; and consist measurements 160 comprise a consist position measurement, a consist speed measurement, a tractive effort signal, and a track grade signal.
All of the above described elements of embodiments of the present invention may be implemented, by way of example, but not limitation, using singly or in combination any electric or electronic devices capable of performing the indicated functions.
Examples of such devices include, without limitation: analog devices; 'analog computation modules; digital devices including, without limitation, small-, medium-, I 130504 and large-scale integrated circuits, application specific integrated circuits (ASICs), and programmable logic arrays (PLAs); and digital computation modules including, without limitation, microcomputers, microprocessors, microcontrollers, and programmable logic controllers (PLCs).
In some implementations, the above described elements of the present invention are implemented as software components in a general purpose computer. Such software implementations produce a technical effect of controlling a railway consist so as to optimize a selected objective function.
While only certain features of the invention have been illustrated and described herein, many modifications and changes will occur to those skilled in the art. It is, therefore, to be understood that the appended claims are intended to cover all such modifications and changes as fall within the true spirit of the invention.
-6r 130504 Parts List 100 apparatus 105 railway consist 110 consist model 120 objective function 130 candidate driving plans 140 model parameters 150 parameter identifier 160 consist measurements 170 trajectory optimizer 180 optimal driving plan 190 pacing control system 200 throttle commands 210 display module 220 formatted driving plan 230 train driver 240 extended Kalman filter 250 Kalman filter 260 filter outputs 270 least squares estimator

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  1. 4. 130504 CLAIMS 1. An apparatus (100) for controlling a railway consist (105), said apparatus (100) comprising: a consist model (110) adapted for computing an objective function (120) from a set of candidate driving plans (130) and a set of model parameters (140); a parameter identifier (150) adapted for calculating said model parameters (140) from a set of consist measurements (160); and a trajectory optimizer (170) adapted for generating said candidate driving plans (130) and for selecting an optimal driving plan (180) to optimize s aid objective function (120) subject to a set of terminal constraints and operating constraints. 2. The apparatus (100) of claim 1 further comprising a pacing control system (190) adapted for generating a set of throttle commands (200) from said optimal driving plan (180) and said consist measurements (160). 3. The apparatus (100) of claim 1 further comprising a display module (210) adapted for displaying a formatted driving plan (220) from said optimal driving plan (180) and said consist measurements (160). 4. The apparatus (100) of claim 1 wherein said parameter identifier (150) comprises an extended Kalman filter (240) including an extended filter state vector comprising a consist position estimate, a consist speed estimate, and said model parameters (140); and said consist measurements (160) comprise a consist position measurement and a consist speed measurement. The apparatus (100) of claim 1 wherein said parameter identifier (150) comprises: -7- 130504 a Kalman filter (250) adapted for generating a set of filter outputs (260) from said consist measurements (160); and a 1 east s quares e stimator (270) adapted for e stimating s aid m odel p arameters (140) from said filter outputs (260) and said consist measurements (160).
  2. 6. The apparatus (100) of claim 1 wherein said objective function (120) is a quantity or linear combination of quantities selected from the group consisting of fuel consumption, travel time, integral squared input rate, and summed squared input difference.
  3. 7. A method for controlling a railway consist (105), said method comprising: computing an objective function (120) from a set of candidate driving plans (130) and a set of model parameters (140); calculating said model parameters (140) from a set of consist measurements (160); and generating said candidate driving plans (130) andselecting an optimal driving plan (180) to optimize said objective function (120) subject to a set of terminal constraints and operating constraints.
  4. 8. The method of claim 7 further comprising generating a set of throttle commands (200) from said optimal driving plan (180) and said consist measurements (160).
  5. 9. The method of claim 7 wherein said act of calculating said model parameters (140) comprises using an extended Kalman filter (240) including an extended filter state vector comprising a consist position estimate, a consist speed estimate, and said model parameters (140); and -8- 130504 said consist measurements (160) comprise a consist position measurement and a consist speed measurement. The method of claim 7 wherein said act of calculating said model parameters (140) comprises: using a Kalman filter (250) for generating a set of filter outputs (260) from said consist measurements (160); and using a least squares estimator (270) for estimating said model parameters (140) from said filter outputs (260) and said consist measurements (160).
  6. 11. The method of claim 10 wherein: said Kalman filter (250) hasa filter state vector comprising a consist position estimate, a consist speed estimate, and a consist acceleration estimate; said filter outputs (260) comprise said consist speed estimate and said consist acceleration estimate; and said consist measurements (160) comprise a consist position measurement, a consist speed measurement, a tractive effort signal, and a track grade signal. DATED: 3 AUGUST 2004 PHILLIPS ORMONDE FITZPATRICK ATTORNEYS FOR: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY -9-
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